COST OF LIVING/Hurt by labor shortages, health ministry-run hospitals hike worker pay
11/06/2023 06:51 PM
Workers at all 26 Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) hospitals nationwide will receive a 4 percent salary hike in January 2024, while nurses at 21 of those hospitals will have received additional pay hikes by the end of November.
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